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China looks to overtake US lead in AI research

A new study from a team of economists at the University of Toronto has concluded that China is steadily gaining…

Reliving SpaceX Falcon Heavy: A press photographer’s memoir, not so much a blog post

This is a long read but anything less wouldn't do SpaceX's history-in-the-making moment justice. Grab a coffee, find a cozy…

Elon Musk addresses Tesla Model 3 crash with vow to add new safety enhancements

Responding to a recent event involving a Tesla Model 3 crash, CEO Elon Musk announced that the electric car maker…

SpaceX gets approval from FCC chief for its internet satellite project

SpaceX’s planned internet satellite system received an approval from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday. With the…

Tesla (TSLA) shareholders to vote on Elon Musk’s performance award on March 21

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s high-risk, high-reward Performance Award will pass through a vote from the company’s shareholders on March 21,…

Tesla’s China factory could hit a roadblock over disagreement in ownership

Tesla and the Chinese government are reportedly not seeing eye-to-eye with regards to the ownership of the electric car maker’s…

AI will foster an era of ‘superhuman’ workers, says Google X founder

During the 2018 World Government Summit in Dubai this week, Google X co-founder Sebastian Thurn stated that artificial intelligence innovations…

SpaceX’s Tesla Roadster payload included a secret backup of human knowledge

Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster not only stashed a miniature version of itself to space; it also carried an Arch, a…

Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada tops $1.3 billion in construction costs

Tesla filed 112 new building permits for its Nevada Gigafactory during 2017, with the electric car maker and energy company…

Tesla critic Bob Lutz vs. Elon Musk: A look back behind the bluster

In this corner, the father of the Chevrolet Volt, an auto industry veteran who has held senior positions at Chrysler,…

New plasma technology could help SpaceX colonize Mars

Elon Musk’s vision of establishing a human settlement on Mars just became a lot more feasible, after a study conducted…

Don’t think for one second that Elon Musk is an AI fear-monger

Elon Musk’s cautionary statements about uncontrolled experimentation with artificial intelligence (AI) have caused some to ridicule him as a fear-monger,…

Tesla is looking at Boring Co. tunnels to transport materials for Model 3 production

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company could be brought in to help the Tesla Factory at Fremont in the manufacturing of…

What will happen to Elon Musk’s Tesla on its space journey to Mars?

SpaceX has completed the last crucial step of Falcon Heavy's inaugural test flight after successfully launching Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster…

Elon Musk explains the delay for Tesla’s autonomous coast-to-coast trip

Elon Musk has finally explained why the company ultimately delayed its 2017 plan for a coast-to-coast autonomous drive, and why he…

Tesla to reveal Model Y production plans in late 2018, says Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Wednesday's Q4 earnings call that the company will begin making capital investments on the…

Tesla has achieved a “semi-automatic” Model 3 battery production line, says Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk described how the California-based electric car and energy firm is currently utilizing a semi-automatic battery production…

Tesla sales exec Jon McNeill departs to become Lyft’s new COO

CEO Elon Musk announced during the company's Q4 earnings call on Wednesday that Tesla's President of Global Sales, Service Jon…

Wall St. on Tesla Model 3 ramp after seeing Musk’s success with SpaceX

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) were up 2.45%, trading at $342.16 after the opening bell on Wednesday. Despite the volatility…

What Tesla and Honda’s early success have in common

“To the more established brands, it is a young upstart company with performance claims that seem unreasonably optimistic. Instead of…